S.F. No. 0059

Child support amendments.

 

Sponsored By:                    Joint Judiciary Interim Committee

 

AN ACT relating to child support; amending the child support guidelines; conforming a provision; and providing for an effective date.

 

1/4/2005 Bill Number Assigned

1/10/2005               S Received for Introduction

1/11/2005               S Introduced and Referred to S01

1/18/2005               S01 Recommended Amend and Do Pass

 

ROLL CALL

Ayes:  Senator(s) Burns, Decaria, Hanes, Ross and Sessions

Ayes 5    Nays 0    Excused 0    Absent 0    Conflicts 0

 

1/18/2005               S Placed on General File

 

SF0059SS001/ADOPTED

Page 1-line 7                            After "(b)" insert "and by creating a new subsection (e)".

Page 8-after line 3                    Insert:

"(e)  If a proportion of a support obligor's social security or veteran's benefit is paid directly to the custodian of the obligor's dependents who are the subject of the child support order, the total amount of the social security or veteran's benefit, including the amounts paid to the obligor and custodian under the child support order, shall be counted as gross income to the obligor.  However, in determining the support amount, the amount of the social security or veteran's benefit sent directly to the custodian shall be subtracted from the obligor's share of presumptive support.  If the subtraction of the social security or veteran's benefit sent directly to the custodian results in a negative dollar amount, the support amount shall be set at zero.  The child support obligation shall be offset by the amount of the social security or veteran's benefit sent directly to the custodian, beginning from the time the custodian began receiving the social security or veteran's benefit.  The obligor or the department of family services may apply to the court to receive a credit against arrears for any social security or veteran's benefits that are paid retroactively to the custodian.  For purposes of this subsection, "custodian" means the custodian of dependent children under a child support order and the physical custodian of dependent children who are the subject of a child support order.".  HANES, CHAIRMAN

 

1/19/2005               S Passed CoW

1/20/2005               S Passed 2nd Reading

1/21/2005               S Passed 3rd Reading

 

ROLL CALL

Ayes:  Senator(s) Anderson, J., Aullman, Barrasso, Boggs, Burns, Case, Coe, Cooper, Decaria, Geis, Hanes, Hawks, Hines, Jennings, Job, Johnson, Larson, Massie, Meier, Mockler, Nicholas, Northrup, Peck, Ross, Schiffer, Scott, Sessions, Townsend, Vasey and Von Flatern.

Ayes 30    Nays 0    Excused 0    Absent 0    Conflicts 0

 

1/25/2005               H Received for Introduction

2/4/2005 H Introduced and Referred to H01

2/9/2005 H01 Recommended Do Pass

 

ROLL CALL

Ayes:  Representative(s) Alden, Bagby, Buchanan, Landon, Lubnau, Olsen, Robinson, Watt and White

Ayes 9    Nays 0    Excused 0    Absent 0    Conflicts 0

 

2/9/2005 H Placed on General File

2/10/2005               H Passed CoW

2/11/2005               H Passed 2nd Reading

2/14/2005               H Passed 3rd Reading

 

ROLL CALL

Ayes:  Representative(s) Alden, Anderson, R., Bagby, Barnard, Berger, Brechtel, Brown, Buchanan, Bucholz, Childers, Cohee, Davison, Diercks, Edwards, Esquibel, Gay, Gilmore, Gingery, Goggles, Hageman, Hammons, Harshman, Harvey, Hastert, Hinckley, Iekel, Illoway, Jones, Landon, Latta, Lockhart, Lubnau, Luthi, Martin, McOmie, Meuli, Miller, Morgan, Olsen, Osborn, Pedersen, Petersen, Philp, Powers, Quarberg, Reese, Robinson, Samuelson, Semlek, Simpson, Slater, Thompson, Walsh, Warren, Wasserburger, Watt, White and Zwonitzer.

Excused:  Representative(s) Jackson and Jorgensen.

Ayes 58    Nays 0    Excused 2    Absent 0    Conflicts 0

 

2/14/2005               Assigned Number SEA No. 0017

2/14/2005               S President Signed SEA No. 0017

2/15/2005               H Speaker Signed SEA No. 0017

2/17/2005               Governor Signed SEA No. 0017

2/17/2005               Assigned Chapter Number

3/2/2005 H Speaker Signed SEA No. 0109

 

Chapter No. 0012  Session Laws of Wyoming 2005.